Blue Oregon Scraps Commenter Anonymity

This is all because somebody nameless called Mark Wiener an "assfucker." Am I right? Writes editor Kari Chisholm:

"The first foundation of community is identity. Whether your metaphor is a water cooler, or a small town, or a bar called Cheers, you have to have a place "where everybody knows your name" if you're going to create meaningful relationships.

We know this will be controversial. When we first started BlueOregon, many of us defended anonymous comments. After all, anonymity has a long and respected history in American politics. And we were building one of the only places for people to talk about Oregon politics."